Zucchini Chocolate Muffins Recipe
Zucchini chocolate muffins are the best use for zucchini from your garden. Start the day off right by having two different types of chocolate in your fingertips!
Servings: 24
Ingredients
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 2 cups zucchini grated
- 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line two muffin tins with cupcake liners (or spray the cups generously with cooking spray). Using a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or a large mixing bowl with a hand mixer), combine the oil, sugar, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla and beat until creamy.
- In a separate bowl, combine the flour, cocoa powder, cinnamon, salt baking soda baking powder. Mix well. Gradually add to the butter mixture and beat on medium-low speed until just combined. Fold in the zucchini and chocolate chips.
- Divide the batter between the prepared muffins cups. The batter will be thick and the cups should be 3/4 of the way full. Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean. Serve warm!
Notes
This recipe was originally published on Pip and Ebby and has been syndicated and published here on Easy Breakfast Ideas 101.
- Be careful not to fill the muffin cups too full or the muffins will sink and burn around the edges. 3/4 full is the perfect amount for the batter.
- To create healthy chocolate zucchini muffins, replace a portion or all of the sugar with honey or pure maple syrup and reduce the amount of chocolate chips by half.
- The batter will be thick. This is normal! Use a cookie scoop or ice cream scoop to transfer it to the cups.
- Make grating easier by using a box grater to get the job done.
- To prevent a watery batter from forming, press a paper towel into the zucchini once it has been grated to remove excess moisture.
- Add extra chocolate chips to the top of the muffins before baking for even more chocolate flavor.
- If you want to experiment with whole wheat flour, start by replacing just a portion (no more than half) of all-purpose flour for this recipe.
- Add one mashed ripe banana at the end in place of the zucchini to create a chocolate chip banana muffin recipe.
- Create mini muffins by using a mini muffin tin along with mini cupcake liners.